Morrie Schwartz

"The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others."

"What is it you'd like to learn?"

"Have you ever really had a teacher?"

"People are only mean when they're threatened."

"Be like a student. Go to classes."

"We are in such a hurry. We want to grab everything."

"Maybe part of what I'm trying to do right now is to let the people I've known best see who I really am."

"It's strange to suddenly feel your mortality."

"The culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves."

"Once you settle the question of dying, it's easier to live."

"I'm in the enviable position of being able to say I've lived a good life."

"Money is not a substituent for tenderness."

"Everyone knows they're going to die, but nobody believes it."

"I want to be remembered as someone who cared."

"Find a way to acknowledge your emotions without being overpowered by them."

"You can't substitute material things for love or for time together."

"This disease is a gift in a way."

"Touch each other. Hold hands."

"Take my hand, Mitch. Let's do what we've always done. Let's talk."

"Maybe that's my life work—to be a good teacher."

"The culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves."

"So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important."

"The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others."

"When you're rotten inside, it doesn't matter how young and beautiful you are on the outside."

"Forgive yourself before you die. Then forgive others."

"We're so wrapped up with egotistical things, the way we want to be treated, we don't give others a chance."

"Money is not a substitute for tenderness."

"I believe in being fully present with whoever I'm with."

"Do the kind of work you would do if you were independently wealthy."

"Build a little community of those you love and who love you."